Chapter 97 – Chaos vs Karma: Arya and Asha Join the Dominion Sect, and India’s Bureau Declares Open War

Part I – The Letter That Shattered the Silence

At midnight, a single encrypted file appeared in the Dominion Sect's internal network — marked with a divine-level quantum seal recognized by no Earth-based system.

It came from Arya Kapoor.

Rayan read it alone.

"The Bureau has betrayed the oath of guardianship. They've become jailors, not protectors. I will no longer stand with them. I, Arya Kapoor, offer myself and my knowledge to the Chaos Sect. I ask only one thing—let me fight by your side."

Attached were:

Coordinates of four high-level Bureau strongholds. Real-time data on Bureau cultivator movements. A list of traitors embedded within India's major spiritual universities.

Rayan stared at it silently.

Then smiled.

"Welcome home."

Part II – Asha Rani's Vow

Meanwhile, Asha stood on the balcony of the Kapoor estate, wind curling her silver-blue hair. Her Ice Phoenix bloodline had awakened fully — her aura now surrounded by ethereal frost lotus petals.

She looked up at the starlit sky.

"You gave me everything, Zero. Even when I didn't know your name. I've watched from afar long enough. It's time."

She turned, took the jade Phoenix Token from her neck — a token that made her the direct heir of the Heavenly Ice Sect.

With a breath, she shattered it.

The explosion of light summoned an avatar of the Ice Phoenix in the sky.

"Child of Ice," it said, "Why have you broken the covenant?"

"Because my path is no longer frozen," she said. "It's chaotic."

Moments later, her soul-flame projection appeared before Rayan inside the Nexus Chamber.

He turned calmly.

"You've decided?"

"Yes. I will walk with you."

Rayan extended his hand.

"Then walk beside me, not behind."

Their palms met. The Nexus Flame accepted her instantly.

Part III – Arya Kapoor and Asha Join the Core Council

That night, inside the Heart of Chaos, a new ceremony was held — different from any bloodline awakening or sanctum formation.

Rayan stood before thousands of core disciples and elders. His voice echoed across spiritual channels.

"These two stood on the line between Order and Chaos. But when Order turned tyrant, they chose truth."

"Arya Kapoor — genius cultivator, master of surveillance arts, heir to the Kapoor bloodline."

"Asha Rani — Ice Phoenix inheritor, direct descendant of the Divine Frost Ancestor."

He looked at them.

"Do you pledge yourselves not to me… but to the path of Chaos, the protection of the lost, and the reformation of Earth's spiritual order?"

Arya raised her hand. "I pledge my mind."

Asha stepped forward. "I pledge my soul."

The Nexus pulsed.

[New Core Council Members Registered]

[Special Authority Unlocked: Chaos Data Core + Inner Sanctum Formation Rights]

Part IV – Arya's First Mission: Exposing the Karma Core

Arya wasted no time.

With Dominion's Chaos AI integrated with her personal quantum systems, she uncovered a devastating truth.

"The Hidden Bureau has a central artifact: the Karma Core."

"It's not just a karmic measurement device. It controls reincarnation cycles across India's major bloodlines. It marks people for suffering or silence based on ancestral allegiance."

"Worse… they've modified it to punish bloodline awakeners that resist government control."

Rayan listened quietly.

"Where is it?" he asked.

"Hidden in a temple beneath Bodh Gaya."

He stood.

"Then we burn karma."

Part V – Asha's Ice Sanctum and the Soul Cold Array

Asha, now officially a Core Elder, received full access to Nexus resources.

With Rayan's permission, she created the Ice Sanctum — an isolated spiritual dimension within the Chaos Realm.

There, she planted the Soul Cold Array, a divine-grade technique gifted by the Ice Phoenix itself. It would allow bloodline holders of ice-type lineage to train without risk of qi collapse or soul freezing.

She gathered 800 female cultivators across the Dominion who carried frost or snow mutations.

They called her the Frozen Matriarch.

She taught them:

Frost Meditation Lotus Petal Sword Ice Soul Shield Winter Pulse Step

The sanctum became a haven — and a future weapon.

"When we rise," she told her students, "the frost will not kill. It will liberate."

Part VI – The Bureau Declares War

A week later, Vaikuntha, Director of India's Hidden Cultivation Bureau, made an unprecedented announcement through all spiritual channels and hidden cultivation networks:

"The Chaos Sect has disrupted global harmony. They are unauthorized, unstable, and dangerous. By order of the Council of Nine Peaks, Dominion Sect is declared a Class-A spiritual insurgent group."

"All members are to be captured. Leaders — executed."

A spiritual bounty was issued:

• 1000 Karma Stones for a disciple

• 5000 Karma Stones for a sanctum elder

• 1 Million Karma Stones for the one called 'Zero'

The skies trembled.

Part VII – The First Battle: Bodh Gaya Raid

Rayan responded instantly.

He gathered five elite commanders:

Arya Kapoor – Surveillance Asha Rani – Battlefield control Phantom – Shadow Assassin Titan – Frontline defense Yulin – Chaos Dragon and domain anchor

Objective: Destroy the Karma Core.

They arrived at Bodh Gaya beneath cover of a multi-layered illusion array, courtesy of Arya. The site appeared empty, but their spiritual senses picked up thousands of hidden formations, and fifty-plus Bureau cultivators guarding a sealed stone monument.

"We strike fast," Rayan ordered. "No mercy. No prisoners."

Asha led with a wave of frost — freezing half the formation in one breath.

Yulin unleashed Chaos lightning that cracked the sky.

Arya disabled every tracking seal in under ten seconds.

Phantom blinked between shadows, eliminating six guards with one technique: Shadowline Severance.

Titan crushed the main gate with a single punch enhanced by Earth-Wrath Qi.

Rayan entered the inner sanctum. The Karma Core hovered above a golden pedestal, surrounded by black chains.

It pulsed — not with power, but screams.

"They're binding souls," he said. "They're weaponizing karma."

He reached out. The Chaos Ring responded.

The Karma Core cracked.

A thousand ghostly voices burst free — cultivators erased from history, now returning as spiritual fragments.

Rayan whispered:

"Go home."

Then crushed the core.

A wave of spiritual karma exploded, shaking every hidden realm across India.

Part VIII – Reactions Across the Cultivation World

Varma Syndicate

They panicked.

"They've destroyed the Bureau's anchor! How can they track reincarnation cycles now?!"

Hidden Cultivation Bureau

The Elders were horrified. Their greatest spiritual weapon — gone.

"The Dominion Sect has started a karmic war!"

Vaikuntha stood from his throne.

"Then let the heavens judge them."

He opened a forbidden scroll — the Heavenly Trial Summoning Decree.

Across India, celestial formations began forming above major cities.

Part IX – The People's Response

But something unexpected happened.

Instead of fear, people began to rally behind the Dominion Sect.

Chaos sigils were drawn in alleyways. Bloodline awakeners began grouping together, calling themselves Street Disciples. Underground artists made holosymbols of "Zero" with quotes: "He broke the sky for us."

In orphanages, children meditated using stolen Dominion techniques.

In slums, food was distributed by invisible drones stamped with the Chaos mark.

The people were choosing.

Not karma.

Chaos.

Part X – Final Scene: Arya and Asha at the Nexus Tree

At night, beneath the glowing Nexus Tree, Arya and Asha stood watching new disciples train.

"They called us traitors," Arya whispered.

"But here, we're something else," Asha said.

"What are we?"

Rayan's voice echoed behind them.

"We're the beginning."

The tree lit up, and a new notification appeared in Rayan's spiritual sight.

[Dominion Sect Rank: Tier 5 – World-Level Awakening Sect]

[Heavenly Tribulation Expected: 3 Days]

Rayan closed his eyes.

"Let the heavens come. We'll show them how Chaos answers."